The Power of Facebook - Part 2

Facebook has become a phenomenon of sorts, the people that run the social network can do almost anything they want. In some ways they already have, they've completely changed privacy settings, making you vulnerable to having you're infromation viewed by almost anybody. They've changed the layout numerous times, making minute altercations that some people consider pointless...

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Existentialism

- It is a cultural movement - Kirkegaard - Phenomenology - a branch of philosophy, closest to psychology, and deals with the perpection of things. Eg- the 'duck rabbit' - object of perception. You my can see both a duck and a rabbit in the picture(but you can only focus on one at a time). The 'Duck Rabbit' Kayka - Book called 'The Trial'. Husserl - Consciousness...

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Winol - 07/11/2011

This is the second time I directed an edition of Winol. Overall, I was very pleased with my direction, and was again described as a very calm voice throughout....

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Winol 10.0

Week Starting 05/12/2011Monday. Today we had a guest lecture from Tom Hepworth. You can read my blog on the lecture here. Tuesday. The day started in tab 9, with people preparing for interviews, Sportweek and general Winol work. I was asked by Tom Morgan to help him with his latest story about cameras (both video and sound) that have been placed in taxi's around southampton. We...

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November 30th 2011 - Highlights

November 30th was a great day for WINOL, with a LIVE 4 hour broadcast from the Unite offices in Southampton.I spent the day controlling the various cameras that were in use in the studio. Here is a video containing some of the many highlights from the day. You can read my notes from the week leading up to Novemember 30th here. You can read my notes from the week of November 30th he...

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Video Journalism - Tom Hepworth Lecture

Notes Flickr: SamJJordan - Don't make pictures and words compete. - When arriving to film a sequence, spend the first 20 minutes getting to know the people. Talk about what you want to film. - Work out what you want to film before you even get the camera out of the bag. - Important points of camerawork - Discipline and Economy. No need to film shots your not going to use. Shoot...

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Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism can be seen as a form of dictatorship. It is a political system which produces complete control over both public and private sectors. Political parties with the aim of totalitarianism usually have policies that are concerned with movement. Previous governments have used positive laws - they replace them with teorror. Everyone then becomes subjectively innocent. Single process of thought - This way nothing new can be learnt. Reality is seperated from ideological thinking - People's perceptions of reality are altered. Loneliness...

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Winol 9.0 - November 30th Live Broadcast

Week starting 28/11/2011Monday. Today was a mixture of meetings in preperation for wednesday, but I spent most of the day putting together my package so that it can be used on the day if it is needed. This meant recording my piece to camera and voiceover, and uploading it on Final Cut Pro, then chopping and changing pieces, and overlaying graphics which I design. I also...

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Union Package

This is my expo package about some of the Unions involved in the November 30th strikes. The package was used in WINOL's coverage that was streamed live on the day of the strikes from 12 until 4pm.           My thoughts on the packageAt first felt a bit dissapointed in my package, I felt as though it didn't have much to offer, and wasn't particularly 'news worthy' or interesting. But then I thought about the context in which it was used. Essentially it proved an important part of our...

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